Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) are facing each other in the 10th match of the IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai). Both teams are playing their third match in this tournament.
Both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians have won one match each and suffered one defeat each in this season. Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore started this tournament with a 10-run victory against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Dubai. But, in their second match, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) handed the RCB a thrashing 97 runs defeat.
In the meantime, Rohit Sharma-led the four-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians started this IPL season in a familiar way with a defeat (lost by five wickets) against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the opening match of this tournament at Abu Dhabi. But, in their second match of this season, Mumbai Indians registered their first victory of this season after beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 49 runs at Abu Dhabi.
In the IPL 2019, Mumbai Indians won both the matches against RCB as they are running with the two-match winning streak in the contest between MI and RCB.
IPL 2020, Match 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (RCB vs MI) – Toss Report
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. MI made one change in the playing XI as Ishan Kishan replaced unfit Saurabh Tiwary.
Rohit said after winning the toss, “We will bowl first. The wicket looks abit green but dry. Hopeful that it plays well under lights, that’s the reason we are chasing. We’ll have to play good cricket, back yourselves to do the job. The results have been in favour of team batting first, but we had a great last game and the confidence is there. Early days the middle-oprder hasn’t got much to bat, a lot of guys haven’t played a lot of cricket. One change, Saurabh Tiwary isn’t fit, Ishan Kishan is in.”
RCB captain Virat Kohli is happy to bat first. He also confirmed that they made three changes in the playing XI. Adam Zampa, Isuru Udana and Gurkeerat Singh replaced Josh Philippe, Dale Steyn and Umesh Yadav in the RCB squad.
Kohli said, “We wanted to bat first, it has worked well for the teams. It’s a decent shout to defend on this ground. We’re working extra hard on our catching and fielding, but the pitch has played really well. Dew hasn’t come in and KXIP showed we can defend scores on this ground. I think we bowled well in the first match, last game, we didn’t have the momentum going into the death overs. We’ll be looking to be more attacking with the ball – three changes, Zampa and Udana are in, they replace Philippe and Steyn. Gurkeerat comes in, he replaces Umesh Yadav.”
IPL 2020, Match 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (RCB vs MI) – Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Navdeep Saini
Mumbai Indians (MI): Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, James Pattinson, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah